lickpenny
21screw — I. n. Miser, niggard, curmudgeon, skinflint, extortioner, churl, codger, scrimp, hunks, lickpenny, muckworm, sordid wretch, mean fellow. II. v. a. 1. Wrench, squeeze, press, twist, force. 2. Rack, raise extortionately, oppress. 3. Distort …
22churl — n 1. rustic, peasant, provincial, country cousin, countryman, hobnail; farmer, plowman, plow boy, chuff, swain, gaffer, kern, son or tiller of the soil, (in Egypt) fellah, (in Russia) muszhik or moujik, (in Spanish America and Southwestern U.S.)… …
23huckster — n 1. hawker, peddler, cheap jack, vendor, salesman; pitchman, barker, spieler, concessionaire; traveling salesman, door to door salesman, Fuller Brush man, colporteur; merchant, dealer, sutler; bargainer, higgler, haggler. 2. miser, niggard,… …
24miser — n niggard, skinflint, Sl. skin, Sl. cheapskate, Inf. piker, muckworm, Sl. screw; penny pinch er, pinchpenny, lickpenny, Inf. tightwad; cheeseparer, hoarder, save all, Scot. carl; scrooge, Harpagon, money grubber, harpy; curmudgeon, churl, hunks …
25niggard — n miser, skinflint, Sl. skin, Sl. cheapskate, Inf. piker, muckworm, Sl. screw; penny pincher, pinchpenny, lickpenny, Inf. tightwad; cheese paier, hoarder, save all, Scot. carl; scrooge, Har pagon, money grubber, harpy; curmudgeon, churl, hunks …
26penny pincher — n pinchpenny, lickpenny, Inf. tightwad; niggard, miser, skinflint, Sl. skin, Sl. cheapskate, Inf. piker, muckworm, Sl. screw; cheeseparer, hoarder, save all, Scot. carl; scrooge, Harpagon, money grubber, harpy; curmudgeon, churl, hunks …
27skinflint — n miser, niggard, Sl. skin, Sl. cheapskate, Inf. piker, muckworm, Sl. screw; penny pincher, pinch penny, lickpenny, Inf. tightwad; cheeseparer, hoarder, save all, Scot. carl; scrooge, Harpagon, money grubber, harpy; curmudgeon, churl, hunks …
28tightwad — n Informal. miser, niggard, skinflint, Sl. skin, Sl. cheapskate, Inf. piker, muckworm, Sl. screw; penny pincher, pinchpenny, lickpenny, cheeseparer, hoarder, save all, Scot. carl; scrooge, Har pagon, money grubber, harpy; curmudgeon, churl, hunks …
29Ackroyd, Peter — (1949 ) Born in London, he was educated at St. Benedict s School, Ealing, and graduated M.A. from Clare College, Cambridge (1971), and was a Mellon Fellow at Yale University (1971 1973). He worked at The Spectator magazine between 1973 and… …
